Dali Dongjing Music is the Bai folk music developed from imperial court music of the Tang and Song dynasties. Known as "living fossils" from these dynasties, Dongjing Music has variety of qupai (the names of the tunes to which qu are composed). So far, more than 100 kinds of qupai are preserved, such as Wearing Hat and Dress Unhurried, Green-Pearl Curtain, Lang Tao Sha, Song of Water Dragon, General's Order, and Lantern Festival Celebrations, Dongjing Music is as popular as Daben tune and Bai melody among local people. Every Bai village in Dali can perform Dongjing music. Most of the Tang and Song imperial court music have lost in the Central Plain in China, but are inherited in fairly complete way by the Bai people in Dali. This cannot be separated from the Bai people who hold Central Plain Culture in esteem and absorb them, and who are highly creative and have the tradition in singing and dancing. Dali Dongjing Ancient Music Band was highly praised when it was invited to stage in Kumming. Their performance also drew the high concem of musicians and scholars who study ancient music. In recent years, many experts came on purpose to Dali to study Daongjing ancient music, trying to restore complete imperial court music. Now, Dongjing music performance has become major entertainment activities for the elder in many Bai villages.